Expected Paranal Instrumentation and Facilities to be offered for Period 102 and changes foreseen in Periods 103 and 104
The following instruments are expected to be offered for regular operations in Period 102 (1 October 2018 - 31 March 2019). In addition, the table also shows expected changes to take place in Periods 103 or 104: the last full period of an instrument in operation which will be decommissioned is indicated in red while the first full period of an instrument entering operation is indicated in blue. An instrument not offered in Period 102 but which will be offered in Period 103 or 104 appears between parentheses. The information provided here is provisional.
| Telescope | Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasmyth A
|
Cassegrain
|
Nasmyth B
|
Combined Coudé Laboratory | Interferometric
Laboratory
|
|
| UT1 (Antu) | NACO 103 | FORS2 | KMOS | ESPRESSO 102 |
(MATISSE 103) (Visitor Focus 103) |
| UT2 (Kueyen) | FLAMES | XSHOOTER | UVES | ESPRESSO 102 | |
| UT3 (Melipal) | SPHERE | VISIR 101 104 | (CRIRES 103) | ESPRESSO 102 | |
| UT4 (Yepun) | HAWK-I | SINFONI 102 | MUSE | ESPRESSO 102 | |
| AT1 |
(MATISSE 103) (Visitor Focus 103) |
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| AT2 | |||||
| AT3 | |||||
| AT4 | |||||
| VISTA | VIRCAM | ||||
| VST | OmegaCAM | ||||